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As the United States gears up for the 2016 presidential election, voters must tackle the ever-present concerns of foreign policy and international engagement. In an era of globalization, increasingly open channels of information, disputes over land and growing trans-national trade, Americans are trying to figure out America’s role in the world. U.S. involvement in the Middle East is the “turning point in our engagement with the world,” according to Joshua Landis, the director of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma and the author of the widely read blog Syria Comment. “We're trying to get out of the job of being policemen of the world,” Landis said. “Even the Republican party today is saying, ‘enough of stupid wars’. And the Democrats have been saying that too.” Closer to home, University of Oklahoma Latin America historian Sterling Evans argues Latin America has “been on a back burner for the last few years, and often not even on the stove.” Now the U.S.A Nation Engaged: ‘World Views’ Panel Outlines The United States’ Biggest Global Challengeshttp://kgou.org/post/nation-engaged-world-views-panel-outlines-united-states-biggest-global-challenges
81711 as http://kgou.orgFri, 02 Sep 2016 15:16:29 +0000A Nation Engaged: ‘World Views’ Panel Outlines The United States’ Biggest Global ChallengesRebecca Cruise talks with energy analyst Andreas Goldthau, who says if Europe embraces technology like hydraulic fracturing, it’ll reduce the reliance on Russian oil and natural gas. But first, Joshua Landis analyzes Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s surprise visit to Moscow this week to brief Russian President Vladimir Putin on both current and future military operations in Syria. World Views: October 23, 2015http://kgou.org/post/world-views-october-23-2015
62244 as http://kgou.orgFri, 23 Oct 2015 17:18:08 +0000World Views: October 23, 2015editorWaterloo Changed The World, But For Better Or Worse?http://kgou.org/post/waterloo-changed-world-better-or-worse
54521 as http://kgou.orgThu, 18 Jun 2015 19:47:57 +0000Waterloo Changed The World, But For Better Or Worse? Joshua Landis, Rebecca Cruise, and Suzette Grillot discuss the release of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report on the CIA's detention and interrogation practices. Then Rebecca talks with photojournalist and filmmaker Mimi Chakarova, whose film The Price of Sex personalizes East European human trafficking. World Views: December 12, 2014http://kgou.org/post/world-views-december-12-2014
42949 as http://kgou.orgFri, 12 Dec 2014 22:30:00 +0000World Views: December 12, 2014 Over the 25 years since photographer and filmmaker Mimi Chakarova moved with her family from Bulgaria to Baltimore in 1989, she never lost touch with her East European roots. She’s spent the past decade chronicling stories of women from her native region sold into the sex trade in the Middle East and Western Europe. “Talking about trafficking is almost sugar-coating the word,” Chakarova told KGOU’s World Views contributor Rebecca Cruise. “The word should be ‘rape.’ These are girls that are systematically raped on a daily basis by 10, 20, 30, sometimes 50 men.” Her documentary The Price of Sex focuses on the significant-yet-overlooked role women play in a shadowy world perceived to be dominated by men. Every girl Chakarova interviewed for the film was trafficked by a woman. She says criminal networks know how to use female traffickers to their advantage because victims are more likely to trust fellow women. “Those younger females would believe the woman that yes, there is a legitimate‘The Price Of Sex’: Documentary Sheds Light On International Sex Tradehttp://kgou.org/post/price-sex-documentary-sheds-light-international-sex-trade
42713 as http://kgou.orgThu, 11 Dec 2014 16:07:00 +0000‘The Price Of Sex’: Documentary Sheds Light On International Sex TradeeditorEmigration Takes A Toll On Irish Islandhttp://kgou.org/post/emigration-takes-toll-irish-island
36154 as http://kgou.orgMon, 25 Aug 2014 19:34:28 +0000Emigration Takes A Toll On Irish Island Earlier this week anti-American protests in Iran marked 34 years since the storming of the Embassy in Tehran, and the start of the 18-month hostage crisis. Suzette Grillot talks about the anniversary with Joshua Landis, who also provides a brief update on Saudi Arabia's frustration with the U.S. over Syria. Later, a conversation with Boston University modern European historian Jonathan Zatlin. He says parts of Europe's debt crisis can be explained by religious tension between the Protestant North and the Catholic South. World Views: November 8, 2013http://kgou.org/post/world-views-november-8-2013
16757 as http://kgou.orgFri, 08 Nov 2013 22:30:00 +0000World Views: November 8, 2013 Allied powers divided war-torn Germany into four zones of occupation after World War II, with three of those zones uniting in 1949 to form what became known as West Germany. The Soviet Union controlled the fourth zone, and East Germany remained within the Eastern Bloc’s sphere of influence for the next four decades. Boston University modern European historian Jonathan Zatlin says the divided nation served as a tripwire for all the tensions of the Cold War, and that Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin worried a united Germany posed a security risk. Economic Lessons Europe Learned (Or Didn’t Learn) During The 20th Centuryhttp://kgou.org/post/economic-lessons-europe-learned-or-didn-t-learn-during-20th-century
16592 as http://kgou.orgTue, 05 Nov 2013 18:14:00 +0000Economic Lessons Europe Learned (Or Didn’t Learn) During The 20th Century University of Oklahoma political economist and European Union expert Mitchell Smith joins the program for a conversation about the eurozone's economy slipping further into recession, and the American kicked out of Russia over accusations of spying for the CIA. Veteran diplomat Richard Arndt speaks with Suzette Grillot and Joshua Landis about how the national security state changed U.S. diplomatic relations. He's the author of The First Resort of Kings: American Cultural Diplomacy in the Twentieth Century. World Views: May 17, 2013http://kgou.org/post/world-views-may-17-2013
6141 as http://kgou.orgFri, 17 May 2013 21:30:00 +0000World Views: May 17, 2013Suzette Grillot Slow growth is plaguing many European countries as they struggle to cut their spending and debts. France's GDP has fallen for two consecutive quarters, and Greece's international lenders say unemployment will remain above 20 percent for another three years. Mitchell Smith, the Chair of OU's Department of International and Area Studies and the Director of the European Union Center, says austerity has generated more than just economic tensions. "I actually think the political problems a number of European countries are experiencing are even more worrisome than the economic problems," Smith says. "The eurozone countries have, at least for the time being, allayed some of the concerns of financial markets and they don't want to stir things up and start another run-up of a financial crisis." Why Debt-Weary Europe Should Watch Out For A Political Crisishttp://kgou.org/post/why-debt-weary-europe-should-watch-out-political-crisis
6123 as http://kgou.orgFri, 17 May 2013 17:44:00 +0000Why Debt-Weary Europe Should Watch Out For A Political Crisis Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher will be remembered Wednesday during a funeral with full military honors at St. Paul’s Cathedral. Suzette Grillot, the host of KGOU’s World Views and the Dean of the University of Oklahoma’s College of International Studies, says debates about Thatcher’s legacy and even her funeral suggest Britain is still deeply divided. Response to Thatcher's Death Exposes Decades-old Divisions in Britainhttp://kgou.org/post/response-thatchers-death-exposes-decades-old-divisions-britain
3785 as http://kgou.orgFri, 12 Apr 2013 17:51:40 +0000Response to Thatcher's Death Exposes Decades-old Divisions in Britain Rebecca Cruise and Suzette Grillot discuss the banking crisis in the Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus, and the decision to re-try American student Amanda Knox in Italy. University of Oklahoma Italian language and literature professor Jason Houston joins Grillot from Arezzo, Italy. He's been following the Catholic Church's transition of power in the Vatican, and speculates what the last voluntary papal resignation in 1294 could teach us about 2013. World Views: March 29, 2013http://kgou.org/post/world-views-march-29-2013
2815 as http://kgou.orgFri, 29 Mar 2013 21:30:00 +0000World Views: March 29, 2013 Banks in Cyprus are open for normal business for the second day, but with strict restrictions on how much money their clients can access, after being shut down for nearly two weeks to prevent people from draining their accounts as the country's politicians sought a way out of an acute financial crisis. "They were weakened by the fact that they had too many investments in Greek companies," said Suzette Grillot. "So they've become another victim of the Greek financial crisis."Winners and Losers in the Cyprus Financial Crisishttp://kgou.org/post/winners-and-losers-cyprus-financial-crisis
2865 as http://kgou.orgFri, 29 Mar 2013 18:07:36 +0000Winners and Losers in the Cyprus Financial Crisis Suzette Grillot, Joshua Landis, and Rebecca Cruise discuss the election of Pope Francis, the financial situation of the Vatican, and the influence of the New World on the Catholic Church. Deputy Director for Research at the Mohyla School of Journalism at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Anastasiia Grynko joins Grillot and Cruise for a conversation about media ethics and transparency in Ukraine and other post-Soviet countries. World Views: March 15, 2013http://kgou.org/post/world-views-march-15-2013
1962 as http://kgou.orgFri, 15 Mar 2013 21:30:00 +0000World Views: March 15, 2013